Already with their first 7nm products, AMD is embarking on a radical chiplet design methodology for their 64-core « Rome » server CPU (eight separate 8-core CPU chiplets + an IO chiplet in the CPU package). This has left many, myself included, confused about what Ryzen 3000 will look like. I used to think AMD would play it safe with a monolithic approach and simply add a single CCX to their « Zeppelin » die. But now it seems likely that they will reuse their 7nm 8-core chiplet in the AM4 socket as well. But will they use one or two? Perhaps they will use one CPU chiplet plus a GPU chiplet? Or put an iGPU on the IO chiplet? Or perhaps, contrary to current expectations, they have designed a monolithic die for AM4? Perhaps an APU?
Time to have a poll and do some speculation!
PS. Note that the poll is multi-choice. Select all that you think will appear in the AM4 socket. Also note that the poll is about the chip design, not how many cores are enabled or functional in certain SKUs (e.g. initial offering). For example, if you think AMD will use two 8-core CPU chiplets in the AM4 socket, but with only 12 cores enabled (initially), then vote for the 16-core modular design.
